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I'm tired of prudes telling me I can't drink and drive. Let everyone make their own decisions. Everyone else can stay home or drive sober if they want, but we

by depaya 5y ago

I'm tired of prudes telling me I can't drink and drive. Let everyone make their own decisions. Everyone else can stay home or drive sober if they want, but we shouldn't prevent the rest of society from having fun!

josephcsible 5y ago
A better analogy than driving drunk would be driving at all.
- boredumb 5y ago
  I think the analogy is that there is a small percentage of our population that cannot drive a vehicle without dying and so everyone has to stay home and not drive in order to get rid of the .06% of of the population that will die driving on the road.
CountDrewku 5y ago
I wasn't aware that you could pass drunkenness through the air with no symptoms. That's new to me. Are you suggesting we should all be responsible for stopping other people from drunk driving and also stopping anyone from getting into a car with a drunk driver? Are you also attempting to suggest that everyone else get should have their drivers' license revoked for the few that are caught drunk driving? That's essentially what masking, forced vaccination, mandated passports is. Might wanna find a new metaphor. I'm sure you think that was an intelligent comparison but it absolutely sucks. You're comparing something that would take a deliberate act to something that might or might not be happening passively to you.
- depaya 5y ago
  I agree it's not a great metaphor, but my point is that "let everyone make their own decisions" isn't some end-all argument. All rules and laws in society are about not letting people do whatever they want for the benefit of society at large. Also you're trying to appeal to emotion by framing mask wearing as some sort of punishment ("revoking" people's drivers licenses) vs a precaution (like wearing a seatbelt... or not driving drunk). Furthermore, people caught drunk driving DO get their licenses taken away.
  - CountDrewku 5y ago
    >Also you're trying to appeal to emotion by framing mask wearing as some sort of punishment That's because I do view it as a punishment. Maybe you like wearing a mask, I do not. I got vaccinated and stayed away from big events, masked etc. for 2 years. I did my part, I'm done. Enough with this kindergarten level discipline. It's like punishing the entire class for the one kid that can't keep quiet. Yeah the noisy kid is an ass and should be quiet but the teacher is the one you should really be mad at.

by depaya 5y ago

josephcsible 5y ago

A better analogy than driving drunk would be driving at all.

boredumb 5y ago
I think the analogy is that there is a small percentage of our population that cannot drive a vehicle without dying and so everyone has to stay home and not drive in order to get rid of the .06% of of the population that will die driving on the road.

CountDrewku 5y ago

I wasn't aware that you could pass drunkenness through the air with no symptoms. That's new to me. Are you suggesting we should all be responsible for stopping other people from drunk driving and also stopping anyone from getting into a car with a drunk driver? Are you also attempting to suggest that everyone else get should have their drivers' license revoked for the few that are caught drunk driving? That's essentially what masking, forced vaccination, mandated passports is. Might wanna find a new metaphor. I'm sure you think that was an intelligent comparison but it absolutely sucks. You're comparing something that would take a deliberate act to something that might or might not be happening passively to you.

depaya 5y ago
I agree it's not a great metaphor, but my point is that "let everyone make their own decisions" isn't some end-all argument. All rules and laws in society are about not letting people do whatever they want for the benefit of society at large. Also you're trying to appeal to emotion by framing mask wearing as some sort of punishment ("revoking" people's drivers licenses) vs a precaution (like wearing a seatbelt... or not driving drunk). Furthermore, people caught drunk driving DO get their licenses taken away.
- CountDrewku 5y ago
  >Also you're trying to appeal to emotion by framing mask wearing as some sort of punishment That's because I do view it as a punishment. Maybe you like wearing a mask, I do not. I got vaccinated and stayed away from big events, masked etc. for 2 years. I did my part, I'm done. Enough with this kindergarten level discipline. It's like punishing the entire class for the one kid that can't keep quiet. Yeah the noisy kid is an ass and should be quiet but the teacher is the one you should really be mad at.